Architect Contracts in the Midlands

Architect
England > Midlands

The median Architect daily rate in the Midlands is £634 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 15 23 19
Rank change year-on-year +8 -4 -5
Contract jobs requiring an Architect 236 265 433
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 8.65% 7.70% 8.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 9.41% 8.14% 8.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 168 175 334
10th Percentile £467 £513 £450
25th Percentile £561 £569 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £634 £650 £620
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +4.84% +18.10%
75th Percentile £731 £715 £697
90th Percentile £779 £750 £750
England median daily rate £650 £675 £650
% change year-on-year -3.70% +3.85% +13.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £34.25 - -
25th Percentile £36.88 - -
Median hourly rate £45.00 - -
75th Percentile £54.38 - -
90th Percentile £57.75 - -
England median hourly rate £75.20 £70.00 £68.00
% change year-on-year +7.43% +2.94% +14.77%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,508 3,256 4,857
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.94% 94.65% 95.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,690 2,289 3,556
10th Percentile £213 £223 £206
25th Percentile £325 £363 £359
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £472 £475 £458
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% +3.83% +14.38%
75th Percentile £588 £580 £550
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 213 128 177
10th Percentile £11.84 £12.35 £10.50
25th Percentile £14.27 £15.21 £13.75
Median hourly rate £19.59 £20.00 £17.28
Median % change year-on-year -2.05% +15.74% +14.47%
75th Percentile £35.00 £28.88 £22.00
90th Percentile £54.60 £61.50 £32.70
England median hourly rate £35.65 £45.00 £22.50
% change year-on-year -20.78% +100.00% +0.22%

Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured Architect in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Architect in the Midlands

Architect
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Architect in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Architect in the Midlands

Architect
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Architect in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Architect in the Midlands

Architect
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Architect in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for Architect in the Midlands

Architect
Hourly Rate Histogram in the Midlands

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Architect in the Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Architect in the Midlands

Architect
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Architect within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Midlands +13 174 £650 -2.51% 40
East Midlands +3 61 £622 -5.76% 30
Architect
England

Architect Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring Architect in the job title.

1 58 (24.58%) Social Skills
2 55 (23.31%) Azure
3 48 (20.34%) Finance
4 44 (18.64%) Agile
5 40 (16.95%) Migration
6 39 (16.53%) Roadmaps
7 38 (16.10%) Problem-Solving
8 35 (14.83%) Security Cleared
9 33 (13.98%) Analytical Skills
10 32 (13.56%) Microsoft
11 30 (12.71%) AWS
12 29 (12.29%) WAN
13 28 (11.86%) Analytics
14 27 (11.44%) Architectural Design
15 26 (11.02%) SC Cleared
15 26 (11.02%) LAN
16 22 (9.32%) Cisco
16 22 (9.32%) Technical Leadership
17 20 (8.47%) Power Platform
17 20 (8.47%) SQL
18 19 (8.05%) Windows
18 19 (8.05%) TOGAF
18 19 (8.05%) Degree
18 19 (8.05%) IT Strategy
18 19 (8.05%) Data Analytics
19 18 (7.63%) Continuous Improvement
19 18 (7.63%) Single Sign-On
19 18 (7.63%) Enterprise Architecture
19 18 (7.63%) Web Services
20 17 (7.20%) CRM

Architect Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (1.27%) SharePoint
2 2 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.42%) Confluence
3 1 (0.42%) NetWeaver
Applications
1 5 (2.12%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (0.85%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.42%) CATIA
3 1 (0.42%) Revit
Business Applications
1 12 (5.08%) NetSuite
2 9 (3.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.85%) Refinitiv Enterprise Platform
3 2 (0.85%) RMDS
3 2 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.42%) PeopleSoft HCM
4 1 (0.42%) SAP EWM
4 1 (0.42%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 55 (23.31%) Azure
2 30 (12.71%) AWS
3 20 (8.47%) Power Platform
4 13 (5.51%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (5.08%) Dynamics 365
6 9 (3.81%) GCP
7 7 (2.97%) Entra ID
8 6 (2.54%) Boomi
9 5 (2.12%) Azure Data Factory
9 5 (2.12%) SaaS
10 4 (1.69%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 3 (1.27%) Azure Monitor
11 3 (1.27%) Serverless
12 2 (0.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 2 (0.85%) Azure Cosmos DB
12 2 (0.85%) Azure Service Bus
12 2 (0.85%) iPaaS
12 2 (0.85%) OneDrive
12 2 (0.85%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.85%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 29 (12.29%) WAN
2 26 (11.02%) LAN
3 17 (7.20%) Firewall
4 15 (6.36%) MPLS
5 10 (4.24%) VPN
6 9 (3.81%) DNS
7 8 (3.39%) BGP
7 8 (3.39%) PBX
7 8 (3.39%) VoIP
7 8 (3.39%) WLAN
8 7 (2.97%) SD-WAN
9 6 (2.54%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (2.54%) IPsec
9 6 (2.54%) Junos
10 5 (2.12%) Cisco ASA
10 5 (2.12%) Cisco Firepower
10 5 (2.12%) Cisco ISE
10 5 (2.12%) DHCP
10 5 (2.12%) Internet
11 4 (1.69%) Cisco IOS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (5.08%) Data Warehouse
2 10 (4.24%) Power BI
3 9 (3.81%) Data Mining
4 7 (2.97%) RDBMS
4 7 (2.97%) Relational Database
4 7 (2.97%) SQL Server
5 6 (2.54%) Metadata
5 6 (2.54%) NoSQL
5 6 (2.54%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (2.12%) Big Data
6 5 (2.12%) Data Lake
6 5 (2.12%) Tableau
7 3 (1.27%) Data Vault
8 2 (0.85%) Amazon Aurora
8 2 (0.85%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.85%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.85%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.85%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.85%) Enterprise Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.85%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 2 (0.85%) JIRA
1 2 (0.85%) kappa
2 1 (0.42%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
General
1 58 (24.58%) Social Skills
2 48 (20.34%) Finance
3 33 (13.98%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (6.36%) Public Sector
5 10 (4.24%) Telecoms
6 9 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
6 9 (3.81%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (3.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.97%) Banking
9 5 (2.12%) Automotive
10 3 (1.27%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.27%) Marketing
10 3 (1.27%) Retail
11 2 (0.85%) Back Office
11 2 (0.85%) Billing
11 2 (0.85%) German Language
11 2 (0.85%) Law
11 2 (0.85%) Local Government
12 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.42%) General Ledger
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (7.63%) Web Services
2 17 (7.20%) OAuth
3 15 (6.36%) SAML
4 13 (5.51%) LDAP
4 13 (5.51%) OpenID
5 8 (3.39%) XML
6 6 (2.54%) HTML
6 6 (2.54%) JSON
7 5 (2.12%) RAML
7 5 (2.12%) RESTful
8 4 (1.69%) CSS
8 4 (1.69%) OpenAPI
8 4 (1.69%) Swagger
9 3 (1.27%) Middleware
9 3 (1.27%) SailPoint
9 3 (1.27%) SOAP
10 2 (0.85%) Node.js
10 2 (0.85%) React Native
10 2 (0.85%) REST
10 2 (0.85%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 17 (7.20%) Data Centre
2 10 (4.24%) Management Information System
3 8 (3.39%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (3.39%) Public Cloud
4 7 (2.97%) Data Structures
5 5 (2.12%) Operational Technology
5 5 (2.12%) Product Ownership
6 3 (1.27%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.27%) CMDB
6 3 (1.27%) Data Protection Act
6 3 (1.27%) Fat Client
6 3 (1.27%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.27%) NHS
6 3 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (1.27%) Thin Client
6 3 (1.27%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.85%) FMCG
7 2 (0.85%) Legacy Applications
7 2 (0.85%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 19 (8.05%) Windows
2 6 (2.54%) Linux
2 6 (2.54%) Windows 10
2 6 (2.54%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.69%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.42%) VMS
4 1 (0.42%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (18.64%) Agile
2 40 (16.95%) Migration
3 39 (16.53%) Roadmaps
4 38 (16.10%) Problem-Solving
5 28 (11.86%) Analytics
6 27 (11.44%) Architectural Design
7 22 (9.32%) Technical Leadership
8 19 (8.05%) Data Analytics
8 19 (8.05%) IT Strategy
8 19 (8.05%) TOGAF
9 18 (7.63%) Continuous Improvement
9 18 (7.63%) Enterprise Architecture
10 17 (7.20%) CRM
10 17 (7.20%) Data Architecture
10 17 (7.20%) Mentoring
11 16 (6.78%) Data Management
12 15 (6.36%) Data Modelling
13 14 (5.93%) Business Intelligence
13 14 (5.93%) SOA
13 14 (5.93%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 20 (8.47%) SQL
2 8 (3.39%) PowerShell
3 7 (2.97%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.69%) C#
4 4 (1.69%) Java
5 3 (1.27%) Bash
5 3 (1.27%) Python
6 2 (0.85%) ABAP
6 2 (0.85%) Apex Code
6 2 (0.85%) SOQL
7 1 (0.42%) X++
Qualifications
1 35 (14.83%) Security Cleared
2 26 (11.02%) SC Cleared
3 19 (8.05%) Degree
4 16 (6.78%) Cisco Certification
5 10 (4.24%) CCNP
6 9 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
7 8 (3.39%) CCIE
7 8 (3.39%) CCIE Data Center
8 7 (2.97%) CCNA
8 7 (2.97%) TOGAF Certification
9 6 (2.54%) Master's Degree
10 5 (2.12%) Azure Certification
10 5 (2.12%) DV Cleared
10 5 (2.12%) JNCIS
11 4 (1.69%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (1.27%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.85%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.85%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.42%) (ISC)2 CCSP
14 1 (0.42%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (3.81%) Data Quality
2 6 (2.54%) QA
3 4 (1.69%) SLA
4 2 (0.85%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.42%) GDPR
5 1 (0.42%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.42%) PMO
System Software
1 10 (4.24%) Active Directory
1 10 (4.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 6 (2.54%) Docker
3 4 (1.69%) Hyper-V
3 4 (1.69%) Virtual Desktop
4 3 (1.27%) Citrix Hypervisor
4 3 (1.27%) XenApp
4 3 (1.27%) XenDesktop
5 2 (0.85%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.85%) vSphere
6 1 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 18 (7.63%) Single Sign-On
2 11 (4.66%) Kubernetes
3 6 (2.54%) Terraform
4 3 (1.27%) Ansible
5 2 (0.85%) Grafana
5 2 (0.85%) Kibana
6 1 (0.42%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.42%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 32 (13.56%) Microsoft
2 22 (9.32%) Cisco
3 14 (5.93%) Salesforce
4 11 (4.66%) Juniper
5 10 (4.24%) ForgeRock
5 10 (4.24%) Informatica
5 10 (4.24%) VMware
6 9 (3.81%) ServiceNow
7 8 (3.39%) Databricks
8 7 (2.97%) SAP
9 6 (2.54%) Palo Alto
10 5 (2.12%) Autodesk
10 5 (2.12%) CheckPoint
10 5 (2.12%) Infoblox
10 5 (2.12%) Symantec
10 5 (2.12%) Zscaler
11 4 (1.69%) Citrix
12 3 (1.27%) NetApp
12 3 (1.27%) Oracle
12 3 (1.27%) SolarWinds